| Cindy, most hunters are careful and courteous people very much
like you and I, but you have to take all precautions since it only
takes one "slob" hunter to do you in. I don't know of any guaranteed
method of protecting yourself, but wearing and covering your horse
with as much blaze orange as possible is a good start.
As far as the radio is concerned, it sounds like a good idea
to me, particularly if you have some lively music on. Is you stick
to well used trails, most hunters would anticipate that there might
be other people around there. In fact a real hunter will stay away
from well used trails simply because there's less likely to be any
game in that area.
George
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| Re:2
Sleigh bells work great! State Line Tack in Plaistow N.H. has them
for sale. They sound sooo pretty, especially when it's snowing and
your out for a ride.
Definitely by an orange coat or vest for yourself and an orange
knit hat to put over your riding helmet. For the horse I run orrange
ribbon thru his main and tail. (the kind of plastic ribbon used
on electric fences).
Yes, I allways get that eery feeling that a demented person will
shoot me because I scared off a deer. Your in the woods, who's to
know? (for the record, I *am not in any way* saying hunters are
demented, but that doesn't mean the people a screened properly
to make sure they are right in the head to own any type of gun!)
Tina
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| Hi gang, I'm just catching up on notes. I went on vacation, with
my horse and friends, and of course hunting season started while
we were gone.
We go to Escoheag, RI to a place called: Legrande G. Reynolds
Horsemen's Area. It's a campground with a very large interconnected
state park nearby. They allow hunting, fishing, hiking, driving,
riding, motorcross, bicycling, and cars in the park. However,
some areas are reestricted in use. I did find out that the local
gunowners/hunters were responsible for obtaining the BEAUTIFUL area
and to it's proliferation. Most of these people like to *hangout*
in the woods jsut like we do and really don't expect to catch anything.
But as I said, hunting season began while we were out there. Posted
in the campgrounds were some tips (these are the ones I could remember):
1. Don't go out early morning and late afternoon.
2. Wear bright colors
3. Stay on the well marked trails
I ended up going out by myself for the first few hours in the morning
and again in the afternoon. I found the hunters I did run into
very courteous. Some remarked that we (Cheyenne and I) wouldn't
be mistaken for a deer. I wear a knitted orange cap over my helmet,
an orange vest or sweatshirt while Cheyenne wears an orange saddle
pad/blanket and breast collar. I made them to fit over my existing
equipment. (Cheyenne is a black/white pinto and he kinda blends
into the scenery, so all you see is the orange)
We had to go through a hunting zone to get to the posted no hunting
area. I was VERY nervous but managed to either whistle/hum loudly
to announce ourselves (and possibly scare off any animals). I think
the sleigh bells is a great idea but the radio would be too distracting
for me.
BTW, a few days before, I came across a covey of pheasants, geese
and grouse. It's great when you can get within a few feet of these
birds and just watch them.
Well, another season will be coming to a close soon. Keep alert!
Roslyn
P.S. I will post directions to Horsemen's park in the note for places
to ride, as soon as I find it.
P.S.S. Don't forget that even though GUN hunting season usually
starts around Oct. 15th, BOW and ARROW season starts apporx. 2 weeks
before.
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